Alternate Rogue

Acrobats are acrobatic Rogues who seek danger out, living for the adrenaline rush of near-death experiences. Acrobats would rather leap across rooftops than walk the streets, and in turn, they develop a knack for avoiding certain death.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You strike at your foes from unorthodox airborne positions. If you make a weapon attack while airborne and at least 10 feet off the ground you have advantage on your attack roll.

Your experience falling from great heights has made you an expert at landing without hurting yourself. You can use aerial maneuver at-will, without expending an Exploit Die.

If you land on something soft to breaks your fall, like a body of water or wagon of hay, you take no damage from that fall.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

Your many close brushes with death have made you adept at escaping it. You add your Proficiency Bonus to death saving throws. When you make a death saving throw and roll above a 20, it has the same effect as if you rolled a 20 on the d20.

As a bonus action, you can spend 5 feet of movement to jump up to 20 feet, even if this would exceed your remaining speed.

You are unparalleled in your ability to maneuver your body. Whenever you make a Dexterity ability check or saving throw and the total result is lower than your Dexterity score, you can use your Dexterity score in place of your roll.

Where most rogues rely solely on their exquisite set of skills, you have chosen to compliment yours with magic. Enhancing your skills and subterfuge with arcane spells, you are able to achieve wondrous feats of trickery. Most rogues who walk the path of the Arcane Trickster choose to become pranksters, burglars, infiltrators, pickpockets, and even adventurers.

As a bonus action, you can move your mage hand and use it to distract a creature within 5 feet, granting you advantage your next attack roll against it before the end of your turn.

You can use any spell scroll without restriction as if the spell was on the Arcane Trickster spell list. Also, when you could learn a new Arcane Trickster spell, you can instead choose to learn a spell from a spell scroll or Spellbook.

When you do so, it becomes an Arcane Trickster spell, but the scroll or Spellbook page you copied it from is destroyed.

You use subterfuge to enhance your magic. When you use Arcane Misdirection, the target has disadvantage on the first saving throw you force it to make before the end of your turn.

In addition, when you use Uncanny Dodge, you can choose to teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 15 feet.

Your aptitude for arcane theft is unparalleled. When you are targeted by or within the area of effect of a spell, you can use your reaction to attempt to steal the spell's magic. Both you and the caster make a spell attack roll.

If you lose or tie, the spell takes effect as normal. If you win, the spell fails, and once before the start of your next long rest you can cast that spell once, at its lowest level, as if it were an Arcane Trickster spell without expending a spell slot.

If the spell was of a level for which you have spell slots, you can also replace one of your Spells Known with that spell.

You can use this feature once per long rest at no cost, after which, you must spend a 3rd-level spell slot to use it again.

You have chosen to specialize in the grim art of death. As an Assassin, you make use of stealth, poisons, and disguises to attack your foe when they least expect it. For those who walk this path, they find work as killers, spies, and bounty hunters

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You are exceptionally skilled at taking lives when conditions are right. When you score a critical hit and roll a 1 on any of your damage dice for that attack, you can re-roll those dice.

Also, whenever you add your Sneak Attack bonus to an attack, you can use Cunning Strike to reduce that bonus by 1d6 to force the target to make a Constitution saving throw against your Exploit save DC. On a failed save, the creature is Poisoned until the beginning of your next turn.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

The skill with which you adopt other creatures' identities is nearly supernatural. You learn to speak, read, and write three additional languages of your choice, and whenever you make an ability check to maintain a disguise's credibility, you gain a bonus to your roll equal to your Exploit Die

In addition, you also add your Rogue level to the DC of any check a creature makes to see through your disguise.

Your skill with poisons exceeds that of all others who study the toxic arts. You can use any Devious Exploit you know that allows you to craft a poison (such as craft simple poison), and apply that poison to a weapon, with one bonus action.

You also learn craft advanced poison, but it doesn't count against your total number of Exploits Known.

You have become a master of instant death. When you add your Sneak Attack damage bonus to a weapon attack, you can choose for that attack to be an automatic critical hit.

Once you use this feature you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

Most adventurers who serve the gods do so openly as priests, Clerics, and Paladins. However, some dark and ruthless gods bestow divine power upon Avengers. These zealous servants work tirelessly to impose the will of their god and resort to whatever means they deem necessary. Operating in the shadows, and driven only by faith, they answer to no mortal.

You draw directly upon the power of your deity to produce the miraculous effects below. You can use each of these abilities once between each short or long rest. When you have no uses left, you can expend 1 Divine Favor to use a feature again:

Nothing stands between you and those you mark for justice. As a bonus action, you can expend 2 Divine Favor to instantly teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 60 feet that is within 5 feet of a hostile creature. When you appear you can make one weapon attack against it with advantage.

You stand among the most loyal and trusted mortal servants of your god. You regain the use of both your Channel Divinity features when you roll initiative.

Also, when you reduce the target of Vow of Enmity to 0 hit points, you regain expended Divine Favor equal to your Charisma modifier (min. of 1).

The Infernal Legions have many soldiers, but none are more deadly than those known as Bloodknives. The elite warriors of Hell's armies, Bloodknives enhance their significant skills with infernal blood magic. By sacrificing their own vitality, they gain access to sinister abilities beyond the skill of other mortal warriors. Experts at sowing chaos and death among, their foes, Bloodknives are dispatched by the Lords of Hell only when an especially powerful foe needs to be dealt with.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

When you hit a creature with a Dread Strike attack, it cannot regain hit points until it finishes a long rest.

Also, whenever you use Dread Strike, you can reduce your Sneak Attack bonus by 1d8 and force the creature to make a Charisma saving throw against your Exploit save DC. On a failure, it is Frightened of you until the end of its next turn.

You can draw life from the pain you inflict. Whenever you hit with a Dread Strike you can gain temporary hit points equal to your Rogue level. If your Dread Strike reduces your target to 0 hit points it does not reduce you maximum hit points.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

Your service to the infernal powers has earned you a sinister blessing. You are always under the effects of the nondetection spell, and once between each long rest, you can cast greater invisibility on yourself, without expending a spell slot.

You wield infernal magic comparable to the most powerful servants of Hell. The Frightened condition from your Hellish Curse lasts indefinitely. The creature repeats its saving throw at the start of each of its turns. On a success the effect ends, but on a failure, it gains 1 level of Exhaustion.

You have honed your skills in the larcenous arts. While not all Thieves are criminals, most find employ as burglars, bandits, cutpurses, and treasure hunters. Your set of skills grants you increased agility and stealth, but also abilities that are helpful for delving into dangerous ruins and using ancient artifacts.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks while moving at half your speed, and you can attempt to Hide even when you are only lightly obscured.

Also, when you hit a target with an attack that adds your Sneak Attack bonus, you can use Cunning Strike to reduce the bonus by 1d6 to take the Hide action before the end of your turn, no action required.

You have a knack for finding useful information and lost lore. Whenever you make an ability check to research, investigate the workings of, or assess the value of a magic item, treasure, or trap, you gain a bonus equal to your Exploit Die.

You can also use the Use an Object action to activate a magic item, cast a spell from a spell scroll, drink a potion, or utilize a magic object that would take an action.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You have learned enough about the inner workings of magic objects that you can improvise the use of any item even when it is not intended for your use. You ignore all alignment, class, race, and level requirements for the use of magic items, spell scrolls, and potions. If one of these magical items requires a spellcasting ability, you use your Intelligence.

For example, you could cast a spell from a Wizard's spell scroll or attune to a Holy Avenger or Dwarven Thrower.

The time you've spent pilfering pockets and treasures has honed your reflexes to near-supernatural heights. You gain an additional bonus action that you can take on each of your turns, though, it can only be used to take one of the actions from your Cunning Action.

If you do not use this additional bonus action, you instead gain one additional reaction that you can use before the start of your next turn. A single effect can only trigger one reaction.

While all Rogues enjoy risky behavior, the life of a Gambler revolves around this risk. They enjoy nothing more than high-stakes situations where they can put everything on the line. Often found in taverns and casinos, these Rogues cannot help but gamble away any wealth they acquire in their adventures.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You are blessed with an entertaining, yet strange, luck. Your weapon attack rolls score a critical hit on a roll of 7 or 20 on the d20, but your weapon attack rolls of 13 or 1 on the d20 are both considered critical failures. Good luck!

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You always make the first move. You have advantage on your initiative rolls, and if you make a playing card attack during your first turn, you can choose the effect of Pick a Card.

You also learn the quick draw Exploit, but it doesn't count against your total number of Exploits Known. When you use this Exploit it also works for your thrown weapon attacks.

Your good fortune is another's bad luck. Whenever you roll a 6 on a d6 for one your Sneak Attack bonus damage dice, you roll an additional d6 and the result to the damage roll. You continue rolling additional damage dice until you don't roll a d6.

In addition, the damage dealt by your playing card attacks increases to 2d4 + your Dexterity modifier, and you choose which of those d4 results determines your Pick a Card for that attack.

If you score a critical hit with a playing card attack, you can choose for two of your Pick a Card effects to happen.

As an archetypal Investigator, you excel at rooting out secrets and unraveling mysteries. You rely on your sharp eye for detail, but also on your finely honed ability to read the words and deeds of other creatures to determine their true intent. You excel at defeating creatures that hide among and prey upon ordinary folk, and your mastery of lore and your keen deductions make you well equipped to expose and end hidden evils.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

Your predictive capabilities in combat have increased. Each time you hit a creature with an attack that adds your Sneak Attack bonus damage, you can use Cunning Strike feature to reduce the bonus damage by 1d6 and learn one of the following characteristics of your choice:

In addition, if you use Predictive Fighting to take the Search action, you have advantage on your ability check if you have hit the target with an attack since the end of your previous long rest.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

Your investigative process leaves no stone unturned. Using the survey dungeon or survey settlement Exploit takes you half as much time and you gain twice as much information.

Also, whenever you finish a long rest in a settlement, or a short rest in a dungeon, you gain the benefits of the survey dungeon or survey settlement Exploit, respectively. Though, this feature does not interrupt your short or long rest.

Your perceptive abilities rival those of supernatural entities. You gain Truesight to a 10-foot radius, and when you observe anything within that radius you have advantage on all Insight, Investigation, and Perception checks.

As you gain levels in this class, the radius of this Truesight grows to match the radius of your Blindsense feature.

You perfectly exploit your foe's vulnerabilities. When you use Predictive Fighting, you automatically succeed on the Search check, and you roll d8s, in place of d6s, for your Sneak Attack damage bonus against that creature for the duration.

Your focus is on people and on the influence and secrets they have. Many spies, courtiers, and schemers follow this archetype, leading lives of intrigue. Words are your weapons as often as knives or poison, and secrets and favors are some of your favorite treasures.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You are adept at reading the motivations of others. When you spend at least 1 minute talking with or observing a creature outside of combat, you learn one of the following facts:

Once you use this feature on a creature you cannot use it on that creature again until you finish a long rest. Creatures with Legendary Resistances are immune to this feature.

When you use the Help action to aid an ally in attacking a creature, and their attack hits, you can use your reaction to add your Sneak Attack bonus to its damage roll. However, if you do so, you cannot use Sneak Attack on your next turn.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You have no qualms about leaving others in danger. When a creature you can see targets you with an attack, you can use your reaction to force a creature within 5 feet of you to make a Dexterity saving throw against your Exploit Save DC that it can choose to fail. On a failed save, you switch places with it, and it becomes the target of the attack in your place.

Your conspiratorial mind is nearly impossible to manipulate. Whenever you make an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw, you add your Intelligence modifier to your roll.

Lastly, your thoughts and dreams cannot be read by magic unless you allow it. If a creature attempts to read your mind, you can deceive it with false thoughts by making a Deception check.

You have formed a mystical connection with the border between life and death, and serve as a gateway to the afterlife. You have learned to draw upon this special connection to gain knowledge from the dead, and by immersing yourself in the mystical power of death you gain strange abilities normally associated with spirits.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You can capture the power of recently departed souls. When a creature with an Intelligence of 5 or higher dies within 30 feet of you, you can use your reaction to form a Soul Trinket in a free hand. Soul Trinkets use the following rules:

You can perform dark and evil magicks fueled by the power of your Soul Trinkets. You gain the following abilities:

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You can partially slip into the realm of the dead. Whenever you take the Dash action you can become incorporeal until the end of your current turn. While in this state you move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, and you have a 15-foot flying speed.

If you end your turn inside a solid object or creature you are instantly shunted to the nearest unoccupied space taking 1d10 force damage for every 5 feet you were forced to travel.

This force damage cannot be reduced in any way.

You have become so familiar with death that you can channel its inevitable power with ease. When you use Grave Bolt, you can destroy a Soul Trinket to force creatures of your choice within 30 feet of the target to make a Wisdom saving throw.

On a failed save, creatures suffer the effects of your Grave Bolt and are Frightened of you until the start of your next turn. On a success, they only take half as much damage.

Rare amongst those who practice the roguish arts is one who has true psionic potential. When trained to unlock the psionic power within themselves, these Rogues can train to become Soulknives. Using their wondrous abilities they can manifest blades of pure mental power, communicate telepathically, and augment their considerable skills with psionic enhancement.

You can shift your place in reality with the wondrous powers of your mind. You can use your Cunning Action to expend Psi Points (up to your Intelligence modifier) and teleport up to 20 feet per Psi Point spent, appearing in an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within that range.

Your Psi Blades are infused with a portion of your willpower. You can expend Psi Points to use the following features:

You can erase your presence from the minds of others. As an action, you can spend 1 Psi Point to veil yourself with psionic energy as if you had cast the invisibility spell on yourself.

This effect does not require concentration, but it instantly ends if you make an attack, cast a spell, or touch a creature.

You can focus the power of your Psi Blade to strike directly at your foe's mind. When you use Mind Rend to force a creature to make an Intelligence saving throw, you can reduce your Sneak Attack bonus by an additional 2d6 (for a total of 4d6) to empower the strike further. On a failure, the creature is Stunned until the start of your next turn.

You also regain one expended Psi Point Point at the start of each of your turns in combat.

Not all Rogues rely on cunning and subterfuge to overcome foes. Ruffians are Rogues who prefer to face enemies directly and strive to defeat them with devastating blows and ruthless combat techniques. Often employed as the hired muscle for thieves' guilds, criminal syndicates, and other organizations that don't shy away from force, Ruffians are found in almost any settlement, city, or town where crime holds sway.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

Your ruthless style of fighting inspires fear in your enemies. When you add your Sneak Attack bonus to a melee attack, you can use Cunning Strike to reduce the bonus damage by 1d6 and force either your target, or a different creature that can see you within 30 feet to make a Wisdom saving throw against your Exploit save DC.

On a failed save, the creature is Frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Fear is a weapon to manipulate cowards and the weak-willed. You gain immunity to the Frightened condition, and you have advantage on weapon attacks against Frightened creatures.

The fury that fuels you also causes your unarmed strikes to count as magical for overcoming resistance and immunity.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You have a knack for finding criminal connections in any city. You learn the Clandestine Source Exploit. It does not count against your Exploits Known, but you cannot replace it.

You can use your enemies' momentum against them. When a creature that is one size larger than you or smaller misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to force it to make a Dexterity saving throw against your Exploit Save DC. On a failed save, it suffers one of the following effects:

You strike with at those who fear you with ruthless intent. When you add your Sneak Attack bonus to a melee weapon attack against a creature that is frightened of you, you can choose for your attack to become an automatic critical hit.

Once you use this feature you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

Some Rogues combine their various skills with an interest in alchemy to produce explosive effects. Known as Saboteurs, these strange alchemists have many specialties; demolition, siege warfare, and entertainment. No matter their focus, they all delight in violent destruction, and due to the rarity of their talents, Saboteurs are invaluable allies or dangerous foes.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

Your skill allows you to concoct and use Explosives quickly. You can use a bonus action on your turn to expend Exploit Dice to craft a Saboteur Explosive you know.

Also, whenever you craft an Explosive, you can change its damage to magical bludgeoning, piercing, fire, or thunder.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You are adept at exploiting creatures who are unaware. Any creature that is Surprised or hasn't yet acted during the first round of combat has disadvantage on its initial saving throw against any Saboteur Explosives thrown by you.

In addition, whenever you roll initiative, you can craft one Hand Bomb without expending an Exploit Die, or craft one Explosive you know, expending Exploit Dice as normal.

You have modified your Explosives so you can detonate them from afar. When you craft an Explosive, you can incorporate a rudimentary arcane remote to trigger it from afar.

As an action, you can explode one Explosive that is crafted with a remote trigger, so long as you are within 200 feet of it.

Unlike most Rogues, your skills have been honed in the wild. You are adept at remaining unseen, scouting ahead of allies, stalking your prey, or hunting bounties. While you are most skilled in the wilderness, you can still hold your own in the back alleys of cities and deadly dungeons like most Rogues.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You have trained to overcome any obstacle you might face in the wilderness. Your speed increases by 10 feet, and you gain a climbing and swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

Moreover, when you take the Dash action, you can ignore any difficult terrain caused by natural phenomena.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

The wilds have taught you that the hunter who strikes first is often victorious. You add your Proficiency Bonus to initiative rolls, and when you use your Ambuscade reaction, you can move up to half your speed as part of that reaction.

Also, when you hit a creature with your Ambuscade attack, you can mark it for death. For the rest of the round, creatures of your choice have advantage on attacks against that target.

You strike with quiet, deadly speed. When you take the Attack action, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action on that same turn. You can also apply your Sneak Attack bonus to this attack, even if you have already used it on this turn, so long as these attacks do not target the same creature.

Many Rogues use their larcenous talents to plunder forgotten temples and dusty tombs, and sometimes they uncover elder magic. Known as Seekers, these arcane explorers are known for collecting ancient secrets and fragments of eldritch power to augment their considerable skills with strange abilities.

In your strange travels and adventures you have unearthed Elder Relics. You gain two Elder Relics, each contain one of the features listed below. Elder Relics use your Rogue level and Relic Spellcasting modifier:

You have added many esoteric and forgotten secrets to your collection. During a long rest, you can perform a 1-hour ritual to replaces one of your Relic's spells to another Relic Spell.

Also, whenever you cast a Relic Cantrip you can add your Intelligence modifier to the damage roll, so long as you do not already add your spellcasting modifier to the damage roll.

You also gain two additional Elder Relics of your choice.

You understand and can manipulate the magic of the ancient world in a way that few living mortals do. You have advantage on saving throws you make to resist the effects of spells, and you gain one final Elder Relic of your choice.

Finally, over the course of 1 hour, which can be during a short or long rest, you can perform a special ritual on one of your Relics or Elder Relics, changing its effect out for another possible Relic or Elder Relic effect of your choice.

The traditions and abilities of Druidic Circles are some of the most closely guarded mortal secrets, only taught to druidic initiates. However, even the most well guarded secrets can be stolen by the right thief. Skinchangers are the rogues who have acquire druidic magic through untraditional means.

While most Skinchangers are infamous for acquiring their abilities through trickery and theft, some work alongside of druids and are selected to carry out specialized missions.

You have gained a greater mastery over your Druidic abilities. You can learn and Shift into Beast Shapes with a CR as high as 1/2. You also learn one Beast Shape of your choice of CR 1/2 or lower, chosen from living Beasts you have seen.

This limit increases again at certain Rogue levels, and each time it does you learn one Beast Shape using the same rules: at 13th level (CR 1 Beasts) and at 17th level (CR 2 Beasts).

Elder magic suffuses your Wild Shapes. Your natural weapon attacks in Beast Shape count as magical for overcoming both resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks.

Your time spent in Beast Shapes has enhanced the abilities of your normal form. When you make an ability check based on your sense of sight, hearing, or smell, you gain a bonus to your roll equal to one roll of your Exploit Die.

Also, your unarmed strikes gain the finesse property and deal slashing damage equal to your Exploit Die.

You have mastered the primal magic of the Druids. You can remain in your Beast Form transformations indefinitely. Also, when you have no uses of your Wild Shape remaining, you can expend one Exploit Die to use Wild Shape again.

When an adventurer is maimed by a monster or a soldier is wounded in battle, and the luxury of magical healing is not an option, Surgeons step up to fill the void. Using their intimate understanding of anatomy and biology, Surgeons can analyze any ailment, and, when pressed, they can turn their medical knowledge onto their foes, crippling them with precise cuts.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

Your increased knowledge of anatomy and its applications in battle allow you to cripple your foes with ease. When you use one of your Surgeon Exploits with Cunning Strike, its cost is reduced by 1d6 (to a minimum of 0d6) if the target is a Beast, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, or Undead.

You can also expend two uses of a Healer's Kit to cure one creature you touch of the Poisoned condition or one disease.

You have inoculated yourself against common ailments. You gain resistance to poison and necrotic damage, and you have advantage on saving throws to resist poison and disease.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You have learned much about the anatomy of the creatures of the multiverse. Your weapon attack rolls against all creatures except for Constructs, Oozes, and Plants score a critical hit on a roll of 18 through 20 on the d20.

In addition, the benefits of Surgical Strikes now applies to all creature types except for Constructs, Oozes, and Plants.

Your medicinal abilities are nearly supernatural. You can use each of the abilities below once between each long rest:

You focus your training on the art of the blade, relying on speed, elegance, and charm in equal parts. While some warriors are brutes clad in heavy armor, your method of fighting looks almost like a performance. Duelists and pirates typically belong to this archetype.

A Swashbuckler excels in single combat, and can fight with two weapons while safely darting away from an opponent.

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You have learned to knock your foes off-balance with nothing but wit and cunning words. When you hit a creature with an attack that adds your Sneak Attack bonus, you can use your Cunning Strike feature to reduce the bonus by 1d6 to cause one of the following effects until the start of your next turn:

You learn additional exploits for your archetype.

You move about the battlefield with an unmistakable grace. When you take the Dash action on your turn, including when you use it as part of your Cunning Action, opportunity attacks targeting you are made with disadvantage.

In addition, whenever you make a Strength (Athletics), or Dexterity (Acrobatics), or Charisma (Performance) check you gain a bonus to your roll equal to one roll of your Exploit Die.

Confidence in your skill with a blade lets you turn failure in combat into success. When you miss with an attack roll, you can choose to add your Charisma modifier (minimum of +1) to your attack roll, possibly turning a miss into a hit.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses each time you finish a short or long rest.